how to say “fluent Hebrew” in Hebrew

עִבְרִית שׁוֹטֶפֶת, עִבְרִית רְהוּטָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-1.mp3″ /]

To wash dishes is לִשְׁטוֹף כֵּלִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-2.mp3″ /], where לשטוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-3.mp3″ /] means to clean or to rinse.

Another meaning of the root שׁ.ט.פ (sh.t.p) is flow, so that one way of saying fluent Hebrew is עִבְרִית שׁוֹטֶפֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-4.mp3″ /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-5.mp3″ /]יֵשׁ לָהֶם עִבְרִית שׁוֹטֶפֶת.

They have fluent Hebrew.

Fluently is שׁוֹטֵף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-6.mp3″ /], which is an adverb so its gender and number don’t change.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-7.mp3″ /]הַבָּנוֹת מְדַבְּרוֹת עִבְרִית שׁוֹטֵף.

The girls speak Hebrew fluently.

Another way of saying fluent Hebrew is עִבְרִית רְהוּטָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-8.mp3″ /], which also means eloquent Hebrew. Both שוטפת and רהוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-9.mp3″ /] can be applied to other languages as well, for example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-10.mp3″ /]לַתַּפְקִיד הַזֶּה צָרִיךְ אַנְגְּלִית רְהוּטָה וְעִבְרִית בְּרָמַת שְׂפַת אֵם.

For this job, fluent English and Hebrew at a mother-tongue level are needed.

Don’t confuse רהוטה with מְרֹהֶטֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-שוטפת-11.mp3″ /], which means furnished (I have).